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So, I'm wondering:
For all you overseas folk, when you start planning your Exciting Trips To See Australia, what things do you think of seeing?
(brief digression approaching...)
When I went to Munich, everyone said "Oh, you've got to see [exciting landmark]! It's the best!" ...and they were always talking about
1) Neuschwanstein
2) Ludwig's (other) castles
3) Oktoberfest
4) Dachau
Whereas, when I got there, my favourite bits were
1) the Deutchesmuseum
2) the Residence
3) the English Garden
And, in fact, the vast majority of things I found interesting were barely mentioned in guidebooks at all.
(...back to Australia)
Anyway, it occurs to me that there's a big difference between:
a) What tourists want to see in Australia
b) What I think tourists want to see in Australia
c) What I think tourists should actually see in Australia
My answer to b would be the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, and possibly surfing.
My answer to c would be much longer and more rambling, but would definitely include an Aussie-animal sanctuary, the Great Ocean Road, Sovereign Hill, and Port Arthur.
But, for a? Not a clue.
So - when you think about the stuff you'd like to do as a tourist in Australia, what's on your list?
For all you overseas folk, when you start planning your Exciting Trips To See Australia, what things do you think of seeing?
(brief digression approaching...)
When I went to Munich, everyone said "Oh, you've got to see [exciting landmark]! It's the best!" ...and they were always talking about
1) Neuschwanstein
2) Ludwig's (other) castles
3) Oktoberfest
4) Dachau
Whereas, when I got there, my favourite bits were
1) the Deutchesmuseum
2) the Residence
3) the English Garden
And, in fact, the vast majority of things I found interesting were barely mentioned in guidebooks at all.
(...back to Australia)
Anyway, it occurs to me that there's a big difference between:
a) What tourists want to see in Australia
b) What I think tourists want to see in Australia
c) What I think tourists should actually see in Australia
My answer to b would be the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, and possibly surfing.
My answer to c would be much longer and more rambling, but would definitely include an Aussie-animal sanctuary, the Great Ocean Road, Sovereign Hill, and Port Arthur.
But, for a? Not a clue.
So - when you think about the stuff you'd like to do as a tourist in Australia, what's on your list?
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Uluru, from a respectful distance.
Lightning Ridge, most especially if pay-prospecting sites exist there like they do here (I still want to go after Nevada opal, too, which is much closer and much less spectacular).
Wild cockatoos at sunup. (Or any other time, really.)
Wallabies, platypodes, echidnas. Probably an Australian-animal sanctuary would be the way to go here.
Weird reef animals. I can watch them for hours.
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You're in luck - they're everywhere. My mum has a number of cockatoos eating seed in her backyard every day.
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